Wheel for vehicles



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INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ALLEN I-IEANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WHEEL FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,102, dated October 11, 1898.

Application filed March 5,1 8 9 8- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN ALLEN I-IEA Y,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident felly, showing also the hollow pneumatic balls with their flanges or cleats to secure them to the rim; and Fig. 2, a detached perspective View of a section of the felly, showing one of the balls secured thereto; Fig. 3, a plan view of one of the balls, showing one of the flanges or cleats; Fig. 4, a vertical sectional view of one of my balls; Fig. 5, a detached elevation of one of the bicycle-screws with an end hook by which the flange of the ball is secured to the felly or to the rim.

A is the hub; B B, the radiating spokes; O, the stiff inner rim; D, the stiff outer rim or felly; E, the outer rubber tire sprung into groove F.

G G are hollow pneumatic rubber balls pro- Serial No. 672,757. (No model.)

vided with integral flanges or cleats II, and I a bicycle-screw provided at its end with a hook K, which latter is adapted to engage around the end of flange H. The screw I, with its hook K, constitutes a holder, and I shall so designate it in the claim. The rim 0 and felly D are concentric, one of larger diameter than the other, with a space between them, and are made of wood, metal, or other suitable material. The screw I passes through the felly or the rim, as the case may be, and its hook clasps one end of flange H in the small part. It will be noticed that the ends of the flanges are knobbed to prevent them slipping out of the hooks.

hat I claim as new is- In a wheel for vehicles, the combination of hub A; spokes B; stiff inner rim 0 stifi felly D, and hollow pneumatic balls G, provided with flanges H; holders I to attach said flanges to the inner face of the folly and the outer 5o face of the inner rim whereby,the pneumatic balls are held between them, substantially as described.

I JOHN ALLEN I-IEANY. Witnesses:

WM. R. HELLYER, ANDREW BROGAN. 

